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Βασιλίς
queen
[Meaning] the wife of a king. As also bath-woman, the [wife] of a bath-man.
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165
Βάσιμος
accessible
[Meaning] passable. Easy to approach. Also [sc. attested are] "accessible places", the ones that are possible to pass through.
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169
Βασκαίνω σοι
I bear a grudge against you
[sc. The verb is used] always [so, i.e. with a dative]. But Libanius [uses it] with an accusative: "they bear a grudge against their relative."
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170
Βασμοί
steps, gradations
[basmoi/ means the same as] baqmoi/.
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172
Βαστάζω
I lift up, I raise, I exalt
[Used] with an accusative.
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173
Βαστάσας
having raised up
Meaning having approved as fit. Eupolis [writes]: "come on now, do you want to hear the composition of an ode or something in the ancient mode? You will say both. But I, after listening, …
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174
Βασταχθείη
might be lifted
[Meaning] might be carried off, might be stolen. After using his seal, Lakydes threw his ring through the hole, so that he might never be stripped of it and any of his belongings might …
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176
Βατά
accessible (things)
[Meaning] passable [ones]. Arrian [writes]: "all things seemed to be accessible and attainable for Alexander".
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177
Βάταλος
Batalos
[Meaning] disgusting, shameful.
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180
Βατταρισμοί
stutterings
[Meaning] nonsenses.
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183
Βαττολογία
battology, empty repetition
[Meaning] garrulouness. [The term come] from a certain Battos, who composed long hymns consisting of many lines that repeated what was just said.
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185
Βάττος
Battos, Battus
A person's name. [It means] stuttering and lisping. There was a Cretan city named Oaxos, in which Etearchos [was] king, who for his motherless daughter, whose name was Phronime [...]. Providing badly for her …
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192
Βαΰζων
yelping
[Meaning one who/which is] barking. Aristophanes [writes]: "for I too used to be such a one yelping". [h)=n is used] instead of h)/mhn.
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194
Βαῦνος
furnace
[Meaning] oven. Out of which also [comes the word] banausoi ["mechanics"]. [sc. "Mechanics" are] those working with fire, craftsmen.
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198
Βδέλλεται
milks
[Meaning] gets milk from. Plato says "milks" in the Theaetetus.
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204
Βδελυρός
disgusting
[Referring to someone who] does shameful things. Aelian [writes]: "and she is more disgusting than all other women, and she filled the most sacrosanct virgins' quarters with her own wicked deeds". Also [sc. attested …
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205
Βδελύσσω
I make abominable
[Used] with an accusative.
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Βδελύττεσθαι
to feel loathing at
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to feel disgust at, to suffer nausea, to recoil from. Apollodorus of Cyrene [sc. uses it to mean] to hate. From this also [comes the noun] bdelugmi/a ["nausea"], [resulting] …
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207
Βδέννυσθαι
to vomit
It means to empty out the stomach, not to break wind. It is also used as a local expression right up until the present; for we say bde/ei ["he/she/it farts"].
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209
Βδύλλει
is in deadly fear of
[Meaning he/she/it] has been struck with fear, feels a loathing at, hates. "[...] and the poor man is totally in deadly fear [of him]."
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210
Βαιαί
little (ones), scanty (ones)
[Meaning] small [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the masculine singular] baio/s ["scanty"], in the special sense of "one". Sophocles [writes]: "was he traveling 'scanty' or with many men as attendants?". Also in Captive Women: …
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212
Βαίτη
skin-coat, skin-tent
[Meaning] leather/hide. "A baite, both in summer and in winter, [is] a good thing," [sc. a proverbial saying] in reference to something suitable for use.
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214
Βεβαλανωμένον
constipated
Meaning being restrained by excrement. Aristophanes: "do not overlook me having burst apart, nor being constipated" .
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Βεβαιῶ
I confirm
[Used] with an accusative.
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217
Βέβηκεν
stands
[Meaning he/she/it] has stood, has congealed.
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218
Βέβηλος τόπος
profane place
[Meaning] one accessible to everyone and unpurified. Also [sc. attested is] "profane man," he who is uninitiated and defiled. Euripides [writes]: "[it is] not right for the profane to touch the temple". Also: "I …
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219
Βεβηκός
standing
[Meaning something] secure.
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221
Βέβριθε
is weighed down
[Meaning he/she/it] is heavy.
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222
Βεβριθυῖα
weighed-down
[Meaning one who/which] heavy, strong.
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223
Βέβρυχεν
has roared, has bellowed
[Meaning he/she/it] resounds.
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